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C. C. KEESLER. 'MOTOR VEHICLE.

C. C. KEESLER.

MooR VEHICLE'.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26| i917.

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Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

OO OO C. C. KEESLER.

MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED APH.26.1917.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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CLYDE C. KEESLER, G1? CANASTOTA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 WATSO WAGONCOMPANY, OF CANASTOTA, NEW YORK, A CORPQMTION' OF NEW YORK.

MTOR-VEHICLE.

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Application led April 26,

To all whom it may concern: -Y

Be it known that I, CLYDE C. KEESLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Canastota, in the county of Madison and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Motor-Vehicle, of which thefollowingis aspeci'cation. w

This invention relates to motor vehicles' and has for its object aparticularlysimple and eflicient construction especially applicable fortrucks, by which construction the main load is carried by the main frameand. supported by the comparatively stiif, springs thereof, and thepower plant and related parts are carried by a sub-frame supported yweaker springs interposed between the main frame and the sub-frame sothat the power plant and related parts are relieved of the heavy shocksand jars of the fmain loads. The invention consists in the novelfeatures and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forthand claimed.

In describing this invention, reference isl had to the accompanyingdrawings, in V which like charactersdesignate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the chassis con;y l

taining one embodiment ofl my invention.

Fig'. 2 is a side elevation of parts seen in Fig. l. f Fig. 3 is afragmentary view, partlyA broken away, of one of the front corners ofthe main frame and sub-frame. u Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly insection', of parts seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on 5 5, Fig. 4.

This motor vehicle comprises, generally, a main frame, main springssupporting the main frame, a sub-frame movably carried by the mainframe, springs interposed between the main frame and the sub-frame, anda power plant and related parts carried by the sub-frame. 1 vdesignatesthemain frame which includes front and rear cross-bars 2, 3, and sidesills. 4, 5 are the front and rear axles, and 6, 7 are respectively thefront and rear the .plane of line comparatively stiff springs betweenthe axles and the main frame. i

8 and 9 are respectivel the front and rear wheels mounted 0n t e axle 4or the steering knuckles thereof and on the rear axle 5. The rear axle 5includes the usual shaft sections connected by a dierential Specicationof Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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gearing, and the casing 10 inclosing the shaft sections and thedifferential gearing.

y11 designates the sub-frame which includes channel iron sills and frontand rear channel-iron cross-bars 12, 13, this subframe 11 being hereshown as pivotally mounted at its front end to the main frame near thefront end thereof, and as spring supported at its rearend.

14 deslgnates the springs which'are interposed between the main frameanffthe sub and by a shaft or spindle 19 mounted in a bracket connectedto the rear end of the contiguous side sill of the sub-frame 1l in th-rear of the rear cross-bar 13.

, This shaft 19 extends across the sub-frame and the end portionsthereof engage the brackets 18. rlhe shaft 19 is connected to the sidesills by means of seats'zor brackets Y 19,.and lli-.shaped clips 19extending over the shaft 19 and into the upper iianges of thechanneliron side sills 11. r1`he shaft 19 extends above the sills of themain frame laterally to the outside of the main frame, and the springs14 are also located on the outside-of the main frame as far apart aspractical, to prevent undue rocking.

The front end of the sub-frame 11 is provided with suitable bearings 20mounted upon a shaft 21 carried in bearings on the front cross-bar 2 ofrthe main frame, eacliI bearing 20 being supported by a bracket 22secured as by rivets 23 to the lower flan e of the channel iron sidesillsy Iofthe su frame 11. The bracket 22 includes a depending portion24 for supporting the 'steering mechanism associated with the steeringwheel..4

25 designates the bearings for the shaft .21, these bearings beingclamped by bolts 26 against brackets 25u filling the channel ironcross-bar 2,- as in :my pending application,

Sr. No. 164659, led April 26, 1917. Eachbearing 29 designates the motor,transmission gearing and other parts constituting the power plant, whichare supported by the sub-frame. 30, 31, 32, and 33 designate theflexible shaft connections between the power plant and the differentialgearing.

34: are plates or brackets supported at the front corners of thesub-frame and overh'anging the corners of the main frame, eachplatesupporting a bracket 35l carrying bearings 36 in which the radiatorof the power plant is supported, yall as in my pending applicationreferred to.

The cab, gasolene tank, Iand steering mechanism are also supported bythe lsub-frame, as described in my co-pending application.

. In myco-pending application, the subframe 1s supported by springsmounted on the rear axle, but in this application, the springssupporting the sub-frame are interposed between the main frame and thesub-frame and are located on the outside of the main frame in order toget the greatest possible leverage against rocking movement of thesub-frame relatively to the main frame.

What l claim is l. A motor truck comprising a main frame, front and rearSprings supporting the main frame for carrying the.load, a sub-framepvot/ed at its front end to the front end of the main frame, springsinterposed between the, intermediate part of the main frame andsub-frame and mounted on the sillsof the main frame between the frontand rear springs, and a body and power plant carried by the sub-frame,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A. motor vehicle comprising a main frame, springs supporting the mainframe, a sub-frame including side members located `between and near theside sills of the main frame, springs for supporting the sub-framelocated outside'of the side sills of the main neiaees frame, and a powerplant carried by the subframe, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. A motor vehicle comprising a main. frame, springs supporting the mainframe, a sub-frame located between the side sills of the main frame andpivoted at its front end to the main frame near the front end of thelatter, spindles on the rear end off the sub-frame extending to theoutside of the main frame, springs mounted on the main frame on theoutside of the side sills and coacting with said spindles, and a powerplant carried by the sub-frame, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. A motor vehicle comprising a main frame, springs supporting the mainframe,

a sub-frame located between the side sills of the main frame, spindlesextending laterally from the sub-frame to the outside of the main framecrosswise of the sills off the main frame, and springs on the outersides of the sills of the main frame and coacting with the spindles,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A motor vehicle comprising a main frame, springs supporting the mainframe7 a sub-frame located between the side sills of the main frame andpivoteol at its front end to the main frame near the front end of thelatter and terminating between the ends of the main frame, a shaftcarried at the rear end of the sub-frame and having its end portionsextending laterally above and across the side sills of the main frame,and. springs carried by the sills of the main frame on the outer sidesthereof and oonnected to the end portions of the shaft, substantially`as and for the purpose described.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Syracuse, in thecounty of nondaga, and State of New York, this 18 day of April, 1917.

CLYDE C. KEESLER.

